Sutter's Mill
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Sutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter. A worker construct
2014 replica of Sutter's Mill
Photograph of the original Sutter's Mill, taken c. 1850
Sutter's Mill, as drawn by William Rich Hutton in April 1849
Replica (1968–2014)
John Sutter
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John Augustus Sutter, born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant who became a Mexican and later an American citizen, known for establishing Sutter's Fort
Sutter's Mill
…a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter. A worker constructing the mill, James W. Marshall, found gold there in 1848. This discovery set off the California gold rush (1848–1855), a major event…
Sutter's birthplace in Kandern, Germany
Portrait of John Sutter by Frank Buchser, painted in 1866.
Contemporaneous illustration of Sutter's Fort